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13 Original Colonies
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Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Colony was founded by William Penn and others in 1682. -
New Jersey
The New Jersey Colony was founded by Sir George Carteret and Lord Berkeley in 1664. -
Georgia
It was founded in 1732 by several colonists including James Oglethorpe. -
Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts built the first subway system in the United States in 1897. -
Maryland
The Maryland Colony was named after King Charles I's wife Queen Henrietta Maria -
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Colony was founded by Captain John Mason, John Wheelwright, and other colonists in 1622, and was named after the English county where Captain John Mason was raised - Hampshire County. -
Virginia
Virginia was the first of the 13 colonies to be founded -
New York
he New York Colony was originally a Dutch colony called New Amsterdam, founded by Peter Minuit in 1626 on Manhattan Island -
North Carolina
he first settlement in the North Carolina region occurred in 1587. One of these settler's named John White was the father of the first English baby born in the New World. -
Rhode Island
The Rhode Island Colony was founded by those who wanted to escape the lack of religious tolerance found in the other New England colonies. Its founder Roger Williams was a former colonist and religious exile.
